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The purpose of this research is to study the class teacher candidates’ visual mathematical literature self-capacity perceptions according to class level, gender and geometric structures on the isometric paper. The research data was collected from 201 teachers candidates registered in the classroom teaching program of a state university in the West Black Sea Region. 86 of the teaching candidates are first class students and 115 are fourth class students. Of the participants, 149 are women and 52 are male teachers. When teaching candidates are classified according to the skills of drawing on isometric paper, 42 are weak, 65 are medium and 94 are well classified. In this study, a scanning model from quantum research methods has been used and the work carries an imaginary quality. The data of the research was collected with the 37 articles developed by Bekdemir and Duran (2012) consisting of the "Visual Mathematical Reading Self-Consciousness Scale" and the four articles developed by the researcher consisting of the "Geometric Structures Isometric Paper Scale". Data analysis used "arithmetic average", "percentage", "frequency", "factor ANOVA for independent samples" and "one-way ANOVA for independent samples". The geometric structures of the class teacher candidates isometric paper drawing skills were analyzed in three categories as good, medium and weak. All geometric structures given in scale can be drawn right on the isometric paper teachers candidates are well classified. Teacher candidates who are able to do the correct drawing of three or two geometric structures are classified as weak Teacher candidates who are able to do the correct drawing of a geometric structure or who cannot draw any of the structures correctly. As a result of data analysis, it can be said that teaching candidates see themselves at a good level in visual mathematical literature. However, the findings of the study showed that teachers' candidates, class level and geometric structures have a statistically significant difference in their average scores according to their isometric paper drawing skills, but that teachers' candidates according to gender have no statistically significant difference in their self-sufficiency scores.

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The purpose of the current study was to investigate prospective elementary school teachers’ visual mathematics literacy self-efficacy perceptions according to grade level, gender and the ability to draw geometric objects on isometric dot paper. The data were collected from 201 prospective elementary school teachers enrolled in the elementary school teaching department of a state university in the Western Black Sea Region. There were 86 freshman and 115 senior prospective elementary teachers. 149 of the participants were female and 52 of them were prospective male teachers. When the prospective teachers were classified according to their drawing skills on isometric dot paper, 42 of them were weak, 65 were intermediate and 94 were classified as good. In the current study, survey model that is one of the quantitative research methods was used and the study has a descriptive nature. The data of the study were collected by “Visual Mathematical Literacy Self-Efficacy Belief Instrument” consisting of 37 items developed by Bekdemir and Duran (2012) and “Drawing Geometric Objects on Isometric Dot Paper Scale” consisting of four items developed by the researcher. In data analysis, “mean”, “percentage”, “frequency”, “two way ANOVA” and “one way ANOVA” were used. The ability to draw geometric objects on isometric dot paper of prospective elementary school teachers analyzed into three categories as good, intermediate and weak. Prospective teachers who could draw all of the geometric objects given in the scale correctly on isometric dot paper were classified as good. Prospective teachers who could make the correct drawing of three or two geometric objects were classified as intermediate, and prospective teachers who could make the correct drawing of one geometric object or could not draw correctly any of the objects were classified as weak. As a result of data analysis, it could be said that prospective teachers saw themselves at a reasonable level regarding visual mathematics literacy. Moreover, the results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference the mean scores of prospective teachers in terms of grade level and the ability to draw geometric objects on isometric dot paper but there was not any statistically significant difference in the self-efficacy scores of prospective teachers according to gender.